The New Square Garden at Rosemoor is almost complete, and should be open to the public in a few weeks, although its official opening is not until July. Originally created in 1991, the Square Garden was cleared in late 2007 for the construction of a completely new garden, designed by West Country garden... Read more..

We are all getting very excited about our forthcoming Beatrix Potter exhibition here at Rosemoor, which is on display from 24 May – 25 August this year! To link into the exhibition gardeners Peter Earl and Garry Preston have created a delightful version of Mr McGregor’s Garden. Situated at the back of... Read more..

For the last couple of years we've seen more and more birds 'discovering' that the red hot pokers in the garden at RHS Rosemoor are a good source of nectar. Last year we saw mostly greattits doing this, but as you can see this year the greater spotted woodpeckers are getting in on the act... Read more..

Rosemoor's rose season is really creeping up on us now, and it will only be a week or so before the roses are out in full bloom and the glorious scent of over 2,000 roses from more than 200 cultivars fills the air! At Rosemoor, we have one of the largest collections of roses in the West Country,... Read more..

As part of Rosemoors’ Apple Day celebrations we were honoured to have been donated a ‘limited edition’ Bramley Apple tree that had been grafted from the original that is still going strong 200 years on in Nottinghamshire. The graft (one of 200) was donated to Rosemoor by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers... Read more..

Super fit Google Maps tryclist Rhys, and his Google Street View trike, visited Rosemoor this Thursday and Friday, to take photographs of the entire garden which will show up on Google Street View searches in the future. The initiative will put Rosemoor right on the virtual map, tempting people at home... Read more..

It’s that time of year again! RHS Garden Rosemoor is getting ready for its ‘Taste of Autumn’ festival, which this year runs from 26 September – 26 October. The month will be dedicated to championing local produce, autumn flavours and growing your own veg through a series of special Garden events. This... Read more..

It's not just the visitors at Rosemoor that are taking advantage of the warm weather this September: Some of our furry friends are making the most of it too! There were three incredibly cute looking mice in the Hot Garden yesterday afternoon, enjoying the sunshine and stuffing themselves on grasses... Read more..

For the last few years we have suffered from blight on our glasshouse tomatoes. Prior to that it was very unusual to get blight in the house. It appeared this year on the 6th August. There are supposed to be more aggressive strains of blight around now and this could be the cause of our problem. Also... Read more..

For the last two or three years we have had very little trouble from wasps but this year we have been plagued by them especially on the fruit. Great care is needed when picking or collecting drops in the morning not to get stung especially as the hornets are about as well. We have a good crop of figs... Read more..